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Two Kinds of Stranger

Steve Cavanagh · 400 pages

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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Jeffrey Archer · 255 pages

The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. The con: Harvey Metcalfe. A brilliant, self-made guru of deceit. A very dangerous individual. And now, a hunted man. With nothing left to lose four strangers are about to come together—ea

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Smoke in Mirrors

Jayne Ann Krentz · 371 pages

A con artist and seductress, Meredith Spooner lived fast—and died young. But her final scam—embezzling more than a million dollars from a college endowment fund—is coming back to haunt Leonora Hutton. The tainted money is stashed away in an offshore account for Leonora. And while she wants nothing to do with the cash, she discovers two other items in the safe-deposit box: a book about Mirror House

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A Plague of Secrets

John Lescroart

Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky, and Wyatt Hunt return in a compelling and timely legal thriller filled with blackmail, political intrigue, and multiple murder.The first victim is Dylan Vogler, a charming ex-convict who manages the Bay Beans West coffee shop in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. When his body is found, inspectors discover that his knapsack is filled with high-grade marijuana. It s

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The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly · 464 pages

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Two Dollar Bill

Stuart Woods · 398 pages

"Two-Dollar Bill" is one in a series of novels by Stuart Wood featuring suave Stone Barrington, New York City detective turned attorney. In this episode Stone is on his home turf facing down a flamboyant Texan flimflam man. It starts while Stone is having dinner with his ex-partner, Dino, when they are joined by the , Billy Bob, and the head of the law firm Stone works for. The action starts wh

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The Murder Game

Julie Apple, Catherine McKenzie · 338 pages

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False Witness

Randy Singer · 352 pages

**An Explosive Secret. An Invaluable Code. An Unreliable Witness.** Three ambitious law students at a local legal aid clinic watch as their routine case representing a man named David Hoffman ignites an incendiary trail of deception and betrayal. A member of the witness protection program, Hoffman has defrauded the government and eluded the Mob’s pursuit of his stunning secret: a coded alg

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A Conflict of Interest

Adam Mitzner · 442 pages

"Alex Miller is a criminal defense attorney and, at thirty-five, the youngest partner in one of the most powerful law firms in New York City. He's a man at the top of his game with the life he's always dreamed of. Then, at his father's funeral, Alex meets a mysterious and nearly mythic figure in Miller family history-who presents Alex with a surprising request: to represent him in a high-profile c

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The Last Good Girl

Allison Leotta · 304 pages

"From Allison Leotta, the "highly entertaining storyteller" (George Pelecanos) who writes "in a style that's as real as it gets" (USA TODAY), a ripped-from-the-headlines novel featuring prosecutor Anna Curtis at the center of a national story involving campus rape and the disappearance of a young woman. Emma, a freshman at a Michigan university, has gone missing. She was last seen leaving a bar ne

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The Mental Case

John Ellsworth · 336 pages

Ansel Largent's law firm's trust account has been embezzled of $200 million, possibly by Ansel's son. He and his wife leave for Mexico, where he ends up in jail with attorney Thaddeus Murfee, whom he hires to represent him.

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The Deposit Slip

Todd M. Johnson · 368 pages

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Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol · 548 pages

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Mickey Outside

David Lender · 229 pages

"Former Wall Street whiz turned convict Mickey Steinberg is ready to get out of prison and get back in the game. Most of Mickey's fancy friends from his old life won't take his calls, but he made good connections while doing time and has already hatched a new scheme: to sell a near-perfect forgery of a stolen Van Gogh painting through the shady underground art market. He and his new partner, smoot

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When the Devil Whistles

Rick Acker · 343 pages

Allie Whitman, a professional whistleblower with a knack for sniffing out fraud in government contracts, and Conner Norman, a gifted litigator, form Devil to Pay, Inc., a shell corporation that files lawsuits based on Allie's investigations. They soon find themselves fighting potentially fatal battles in and out of the courtroom, going great lengths to protect secrets that could ruin them both.

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Await Your Reply

Dan Chaon · 334 pages

The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways–and with unexpected consequences–in acclaimed author Dan Chaon’s gripping, brilliantly written new novel. Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can’t stop searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing for ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully, moving stealthily from place to

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Chinaman's Chance

Ross Thomas · 342 pages

"It was while jogging along the beach just east of the Paradise Cove pier that Artie Wu tripped over a dead pelican, fell, and met the man with six greyhounds." Thus begins what may be the most popular of Ross Thomas's unique stories.

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Legal Tender

Lisa Scottoline · 256 pages

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Snowdrops

A.D. Miller · 273 pages

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Pleading Guilty

Scott Turow · 405 pages

"Kindle County, Where skies are generally gray and the truth is seldom simple, is one of the most renowned and fascinating locales in contemporary American fiction. In Pleading Guilty Scott Turow takes us there again, in an edge-of-the-chair story rife with indelible characters and riveting suspense - 1993's most unforgettable reading experience." "Our guide is McCormack A. "Mack" Malloy, fiftyish

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High Stakes

Dick Francis · 240 pages

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The Con Job

Matt Forbeck · 312 pages

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The Nosy Neighbor

Fern Michaels · 400 pages

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Past Due

William Lashner · 525 pages

E-Book Extra: On Writing: An Interview with William LashnerAuthor of the acclaimed novels Fatal Flaw, Bitter Truth, and Hostile Witness, bestselling writer William Lashner crafts dark, witty, engrossing tales of suspense involving one of the most intriguing characters of modern popular fiction: Victor Carl.A defense attorney who lives his life in shades of gray, Victor Carl fights all the right fi

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